Russia’s PP output up 4% in January-June

MOSCOW (MRC)–Russia’s production of polypropylene (PP) rose in the first six months of 2019 by 4% year on year to 732,000 tonnes, according to MRC’s ScanPlast report.

SIBUR’s Tobolsk plant’s total PP production reached 249,400 tonnes in January-June, up by 11% year on year.

Omsk-based Poliom produced 108,200 tonnes of PP, down by 2% year on year.

Nizhnekamskneftekhim produced 105,900 tonnes in the first six months of 2019, compared to 105,000 tonnes in 2018.

Tomskneftekhim produced 74,800 tonnes of PP in the first half, up 1% year on year.

Ufaorgsintez’s PP output reached 66,600 tonnes, flat year on year, while NPP Neftekhimiya produced 71,000 tonnes, up by 6% year on year.

Lukoil’s subsidiary Stavrolen produced 56,100 tonnes in the first half, slightly lower than the 56,900 tonnes it produced a year earlier.

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